LEHS Band of Pride crowned Class B/C Grand Champions
On Saturday September 27, 2008 the Logan Elm High School Marching Band of Pride participated in the 2008 Licking Valley Band Fest and the 2008 Zanesville Bonanza of the Bands. The Marching Braves, coming off of their very successful adjudicated performance at the Logan Elm Marching Band Classic where they received a unanimous Ohio Music Education Association rating of “I” or Superior, finished first in Class B at both events on their way to being crowned Class B/C Grand Champions at both competitions. At the Licking Valley Band Fest the Band of Pride finished first in Class B winning honors for Best Percussion and Best Guard in Class B as well as being named Class B/C Grand Champions. At Licking Valley the Marching Braves earned their second consecutive OMEA Rating of Superior. Following lunch at Golden Corral the Band of Pride gave their most outstanding performance of the year at the Zanesville Bonanza of Bands again placing first in Class B and winning honors for Beat Guard and Best Field Commanders in Class B. The Band of Pride was again named Class B /C Grand Champions. In overall adjudication at Zanesville the Marching Braves finished third regardless of classification and was honored with overall grand champion awards for Best Visual Performance, Best Guard, and Best Field Commanders. At the Zanesville competition the Band of Pride earned their third consecutive OMEA rating of Superior. The band will conclude their regular competitive season this Saturday with performances at the Watkins Memorial Mid-Ohio Classic and the Thomas Worthington Preview of Champions. The band will perform in the 2008 Ohio Music Education Association State Marching Band Finals in late October. 

The Thirteenth Annual Logan Elm Marching Band Classic

The Thirteenth Annual Logan Elm Marching Band Classic was held on Saturday September 20th, 2008 in Logan Elm High School stadium. Sixteen outstanding high school marching bands from across the state of Ohio participated in the competition, which is sanctioned by the Ohio Music Education Association as an OMEA State Marching Band Finals qualifying event. Any band receiving an overall rating of “I” or Superior from the adjudicators qualifies to perform at the 2008 OMEA State Marching Band Finals the weekends of October 24th and 25th and October 31st, November 1st and November 2nd. The Logan Elm High School Marching Band, performing for OMEA ratings only, received a unanimous rating of “I” or Superior qualifying them for their nineteenth trip to the OMEA State Marching Band Finals in the past twenty-one years. In caption adjudication the Logan Elm Color Guard and Percussion Section both were rated “I” or Superior.

 
In addition to OMEA ratings the bands were also competing for placement awards with the results as follows:

Class C               1st Place        Chesapeake

                         2nd Place       Northwest

                         3rd Place        Adena

                         4th Place        Madison Plains

                         5th Place        East

Class B               1st Place        Bloom Carroll

                         2nd Place       Alexander

Class A              1st Place        Canal Winchester

                        2nd Place       Meigs

                        3rd Place        Athens

                        4th Place        Wilmington

Class AA             1st Place        Dublin Coffman

                        2nd Place       Troy

                        3rd Place        Middletown

                        4th Place        Stebbins        

The following band received Superior ratings and qualified for the state marching band finals:

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